Seafood harvesting in Alaska has lost over a third of its total jobs in the past decade, with fishing employment down every ...

Out in Alaska's Aleutian Islands is the remote town of Unalaska, home to just over 4,300 people who predominantly work in the commercial fishing and seafood processing industry. Every year, thousands ...

Alaska's largest employer continues to add more jobs to its roster. Commercial fishing jobs grew last year to a level not seen since the year 2000, according to the state Department of Labor. Driven ...

More people worked in commercial salmon fishing in south-central Alaska in 2016 than in 2015, according to a state report. The number of commercial fishing jobs did, however, drop by about 5 percent ...

After a steep drop in 2016, seafood harvesting jobs grew 8.3 percent last year, the most in percent terms among all Alaska industries. Harvesting hit a record in 2017 at 8,509 monthly jobs on average ...

Undercurrent News is now featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch The number of boots on deck in the US state of Alaska ...